Loose blade

My locking pocket knife has a loose blade for some reason or another, and I figured this would be the best place to ask overall how to fix it!

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It looks nearly identical to top one.

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I don't think you can, because the brass inserts are riveted on there, and you'd never get them back on. Confused

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My grandpa gave me one like this Smile

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	Mystik Spiral wrote:
	I don't think you can, because the brass inserts are riveted on there, and you'd never get them back on.

If the bolsters are brass...that is a *soft metal* so to speak. You can tighten up the blade, or should I say, -I- would tighten up the blade, by putting the closed knife pivot on a good anvil and giving it a smack or two with a 3 pound sledge hammer. Of course, if you hit it too hard the blade will be frozen and the knife won't open. So start with light taps and progress to the point where the slop is eliminated, and put some lubricant in there, like gun oil. What you're doing is squashing the rivets (bolsters) and since the metal has nowhere to go on the sides of the knife, it will be forced into the pivot hole of the blade, while the width at the pivot end of the knife will be reduced...hopefully enough to take out any blade wobble.

This is a risky thing to do, as we don't know which will occur first: blade frozen into position or wobble taken out. But if the knife is ready for the junk pile anyhow, I would give it a try.

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I think that will work, but I think I'll use a plastic mallet first, dont want to damage the wood if I dont have to Laughing

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The sledge hammer might work, but I don't think the bolsters actually hold the blade. I think there's a metal framework, and the bolsters and scales were added onto that. But the hammer would probably tighten the main blade pin.

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Useing a plastic mallet is a good thing. Also, NEVER use a folding knife as a prying tool Shocked

That will do in the best of folders.

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